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Elective Offerings
To nurture all of our students' gifts and talents, we offer an expansive elective selection. Some selections rotate in a 3-year cycle in order to provide a variety of possibilities during the 3 years that students are with us. Students choose 3 electives from their 7-period daily schedule. Please see the Elective Course Catalog for current offerings and descriptions. Please note, with a few exceptions, most elective classes may be composed of 6th, 7th, and 8th-grade students and change quarterly. A few electives are by application only or require an audition; requirements are noted in the Elective Course Catalog.Elective registration takes place around mid-March for the next school year. Families of incoming students* will work with their current school counselors to input their choices into PowerSchool. *If you are attending Moore Square next year from outside of WCPSS, you will submit your choices to our school counselors. All students will choose 12 primary and 5 alternate electives.Jacinta Estes: 6th Grade (A-L last names) and 8th Grade, jestes2@wcpss.net, 919-664-5737 ext.26648
Lauren Huber: 6th Grade (M-Z last names) and 7th Grade, lhuber@wcpss.net, 919-664-5737 ext.26638
It is important to note that the availability of the elective courses below are dependent upon each school’s overall schedule as well as student demand, and choosing an elective does not guarantee its availability in your student’s individual schedule.
M2 Elective FAQs
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Are there requirements to get into certain electives?
Most electives are open to all students, but there are exceptions. Please read through our Elective Course Catalog for specifics on which classes require prerequisites. We also have several classes that require an audition or application. See our Auditions and Applications document for details.
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Can my student take more than one year-long elective?
Yes, but please be aware some year-long electives conflict, and students may have to choose between competing classes.
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How do I know what each class is about?
Read through our Elective Course Catalog for information on each class. You can also see our student-made Electives Guide. This was created by students, for students! Thank you, Student Council!
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How do I register for my student’s electives?
For rising 6th graders, your current elementary school counselor will be reaching out to assist you in selecting your choices, using PowerSchool, sometime in March. If your student is currently at Moore Square, the counselors will facilitate elective registration around that same timeframe. If you are coming to Moore Square from a private/charter school or a school outside of WCPSS, please email our school counselors, and they will take care of your registration:
Jacinta Estes: jestes2@wcpss.net
Lauren Huber: lhuber@wcpss.net
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How many electives can my student take?
We have a 7-period daily schedule, with three of those classes being electives. We use this same schedule every day; there is no alternation or “A/B day” transition.
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How often do electives change?
Most change quarterly (every 9 weeks), leaving you with potentially 12 choices for the entire school year. We have some classes that are semester or year-long, such as some of our music and other arts classes, world languages, and some application courses.
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What electives are required?
All students will be placed in the Healthful Living class during 8th grade (quarter-long).
While other classes are not required, we strongly recommend that 6th graders take Keyboarding & Basic Word Processing and Digital Literacy classes. We also encourage students to take at least one PE class each year, as middle school students do not participate in a daily recess break.
